Two Olympic gold medalists from Russia were refused clearance Tuesday to compete as neutral athletes at the upcoming IAAF World Athletics Championships. High jumper Anna Chicherova and race walker Elena Lashmanova, who have both served doping bans, were among 18 Russians rejected by the IAAF, ...
Mo Farah spurns world marathon spot as track return speculation mounts
Britain's Mo Farah has turned down the chance to contest the marathon at this year's IAAF World Athletics Championships in Doha, increasing the possibility of a return to the track. Farah, who finished fifth in Sunday's London Marathon, had been eligible for selection for the ...
Japan sprinters hungry for greater success
Another medal-earning feat by the Japan men's 4x100-meter relay team at the IAAF World Athletics Championships in London was certainly an encouraging sign, and now it hopes to achieve its ultimate goal: winning a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. That, of course, will ...
Kenya is to launch a bid to host the IAAF World Athletics Championships in 2023 after successfully staging two other international competitions in the last 10 years. No African nation has ever staged the sport's flagship event, but Kenyan sports minister Hassan Wario said Kenya ...
Bolt bids emotional farewell to track on final day of world championships
Usain Bolt took a last leisurely stroll around the track, placed his hands over his heart and then pointed toward the stands, where barely a soul had left. The running had been over for nearly 30 minutes. As always, though, Bolt had a way of ...
Japan captures silver, bronze in men's 50-km race walk at world championships
Rio Olympic bronze medalist Hirooki Arai finished second and fellow Japanese Kai Kobayashi third in the men's 50-km race walk at the world athletics championships Sunday. Arai finished in a season best of 3 hours, 41 minutes and 17 seconds, edging Kobayashi by two seconds ...
Cambridge aiming for redemption at world championships after Rio disappointment
Sprinter Asuka Cambridge has set his sights on a place in the 100-meter final at his IAAF World Athletics Championships debut next week, but he knows he must learn from past mistakes if he is to make his mark. Speaking to reporters at Haneda airport ...
The Japan men's 4x100-meter and 4x400 relay teams have booked a spot for the upcoming IAAF World Athletics Championships in London, the Japan Association of Athletics Federations said Tuesday. Yoshihide Kiryu and Kenji Fujimitsu have been selected for the 4x100 for the Aug. 4-13 championships ...
Yuka Ando, who clocked Japan's fourth-best time in her debut race on Sunday, was named among six marathon runners by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations on Friday to compete at this summer's IAAF World Athletics Championships in London. The 23-year-old, one of the three ...
Training-wise, Allyson Felix thinks she's fit enough to run the 200 and 400 meters at the world championships. Timing-wise, the schedule just doesn't work out. It's a situation that irks the usually stoic American sprinter, who qualified in both events but will focus only on ...
Nick Symmonds' next destination? A fishing hole somewhere far away from the finish line in Beijing. As other runners wrap up their preparation for the upcoming IAAF World Athletics Championships, Symmonds plans to retreat into nature seeking solitude after being left off the U.S. squad ...
Spirited send-off inspires Team Japan before IAAF World Championships
The Japanese athletes showed their collective spirit at a send-off event held by the Japan Association of Athletics Federations on Thursday, heading into the IAAF World Athletics Championships, which will be held Aug. 22-30 at Beijing's National Stadium. Team Japan, which consists of 28 male ...
